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Tiger Paper, January 1974

This edition of the Tiger Paper protests the impending firing of 1,700 adjunct faculty and the consequent reduction in the number of classes offered at BMCC. "Such a move spells disaster for Open Admissions," the paper's editors write.The [...]

Item Type: Text (Newspaper / Magazine / Journal)
Time Period: 1970-1977 Open Admissions - Fiscal Crisis - State Takeover
Subjects: 1970s Fiscal Crisis, Adjunct or Contingent Labor, Board of Higher Education, Buildings and/or Architecture, Community Colleges, CUNY Administration, Open Admissions, Politics, State and/or City budget
Tags: Borough of Manhattan Community College, Budget Cuts, Child Care, Editorial, Faculty Publication, Puerto Rico
STRIKE!, Prism, 1971

Prism was the Borough of Manhattan Community College's annual yearbook. This 35 page chapter from the 1971 edition details the student strike that, in May 1970, temporarily shut down the college and resulted in 58 arrests. Filled with photos, [...]

Item Type: Text (Book (excerpt))
Time Period: 1970-1977 Open Admissions - Fiscal Crisis - State Takeover
Subjects: Activism, Community Colleges, Open Admissions, Student Organizations, Tuition
Tags: Borough of Manhattan Community College, Child Care, Protest, Student Activism

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